11-year-old Lucy Li qualifies for U.S. Women's Open

Sixth grader golfer is the youngest player ever to qualify



Whoa. Meet Lucy Li. This week, the 11-year-old golfer from Redwood Shores, California made history by becoming the youngest player ever to qualify for the U.S. Women's Open. Eleven!

Lucy Li, 11, qualifies for U.S. Open

Eleven years old, and freaking awesome. Li, a sixth grader who began playing at the age of seven, qualified for 2014 U.S. Women's Open on Monday, shooting rounds of 74 and 68 on the par-72 Old Course at Half Moon Bay, and beating second-place qualifier Kathleen Scavo by seven strokes.

The record for youngest was previously held by Lexi Thompson, who qualified for the U.S. Women's Open -- at 12 years, 4 months, 18 days old -- in 2007. Li doesn't turn 12 until October 1.

Despite her age (and size) Lucy has apparently been making a habit of breaking records:

14-year-old golfer will be the youngest the play in the masters

Wow. Over the weekend, Chinese golfer Guan Tianlang of Guangzhou won the Asian Pacific Amateur Championship at the Amata Spring Country Club in Bangkok, securing himself a invitation to the U.S. Masters in April. By the way, Guan is in the eighth grade: Guan Tianlang, 14, gets Masters shot.

At fourteen years and five months old, Guan will become the youngest ever to play in The Masters, a distinction previously held by Matteo Manassero of Italy at age 16. Could this kid be the "next big thing"?